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भाग II-खण्ड 1
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सं०76] मई विल्ली, शनिवार, दिसम्बर 16 , 1972 / अग्रहायण 25, 1894
No. 76 ] NEW DELHI , SATURDAY , DECEMBER 16 , 1972 /AGRAHAYANA 25 , 1894
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi , the 16th December , 1972/ Agrahayana 25 , 1894 ( Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 15th December, 1972, and is hereby published for general informa- tion: -
THE FOOD CORPORATIONS ( AMENDMENT) ACT , 1972
No. 67 OF 1972
[15th December , 1972. ]
An Act further to amend the Food Corporations Act , 1964.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty- third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. This Act may be called the Food Corporations (Amendment ) Act, Short 1972 .
title.
37 of 1964 . 2. In section 1 of the Food Corporations Act , 1964 (hereinafter refer- Amend- red to as the principal Act ) , in sub - section ( 2) , the words "except the ment of State of Jammu and Kashmir " shall be omitted . section 1.
3. In section 2 of the principal Act , after clause (b ) , the following Amend- clause shall be inserted , namely: -- mentof
section 2.
' (bb ) "foodstuffs " includes edible oilseeds and oils; ' ,
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4. In section 4 of the principal Act , for sub- section (2 ) , the following sub - section shall be substituted , namely: -
Amend- ment of section 4.
" (2) The Corporation may establish offices or agencies at other places in or outside India :
Provided that no such office or agency shall be established at any place outside India without the previous approval of the Central Government ." .
5. In section 27 of the principal Act, after sub - section (2 ) , the follow- ing sub - section shall be inserted , namely : -
Amend- ment of section 27 .
" (3) A Food Corporation may , for the purpose of carrying out its functions under this Act, also borrow money from the Central Government , and that Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf , pay to the Food Corpora : tion such sums of money by way of loan on such terms and condi- tions as that Government may determine .".
6. In section 34 of the principal Act , for sub -section (5 ) , the follow ing sub - sections shall be substituted , namely:-
Amend- ment of section 34,
" ( 5) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India shall have power
(a) to direct the manner in which the accounts of a Food Corporation shall be audited by the auditors appointed under sub- section ( 3 ) and to give such auditors instructions in regard to any matter relating to the performance of their functions as such;
(b) to conduct a supplementary or test audit of the accounts of a Food Corporation by such person or persons as he may authorise in this behalf ; and for the purpose of such audit, to require information or additional information to be furnished to any person or persons so authorised , on such matters , by such person or persons , and in such form , as the Comptroller and Auditor-General may , by general or special order , direct .
(6) The auditors shall send a copy of their report together with an audited copy of the accounts-
(a) to the Food Corporation concerned;
(b) where the accounts relate to a State Food Corporation , also to the Food Corporation of India;
(c) to the Central Government ; and
(d) to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India who shall have the right to comment upon, or supplement the audit report in such manner as he may think fit.
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(7) Any comments upon, or supplement to , the audit report , made by the Comptroller and Auditor - General of India under clause (d) of sub- section (6) shall be placed by the Food Corporation con- cerned before the Central Government , and where the accounts re- late to a State Food Corporation, also before the Food Corporation of India . " .
7. In section 35 of the principal Act , in sub- section ( 2 ) , after the Amend- words and figures "received under section 34 " , the words " together with ment of any comments thereon or supplement thereto by the Comptroller and section 35. Auditor-General of India" shall be inserted .
K. K. SUNDARAM, Joint Secy. to the Govt . of India ,
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